MELBOURNE, Australia — Augmented reality is an area that is showing a lot of traction for teams and venues to showcase their creativity and innovation. The NBA has an AR game where fans can overlay a basketball court and shoot some hoops anywhere in the world. Teams and venues down in Australia have also been busy […]
In August, Floyd Mayweather announced he would be opening a gym franchise where people could get fit using a number of innovative technologies, even training with the undefeated pro boxer in virtual reality and through a companion app. The virtual reality experience is now, well, reality, and “Money” is in your corner. Mayweather Boxing + […]
College football fans this season saw FOX Sports introduce a unique way to experience games. Utilizing c360 Technologies and Skycam, FOX Sports has been able to livestream 360-degree panoramic footage from the Michigan-Ohio State, Ohio State-Penn State, Michigan State-Notre Dame and Michigan State-Washington State games. Viewers could watch pregame warmups, halftime band performances and postgame […]
A future in which NFL games are broadcast in virtual reality comes with plenty of challenges. There’s a large field of play to cover, plenty of data to process, and even as higher-resolution devices can make the live experience watchable, there’s the question of if such an experience would be dramatic for the average NFL […]
When four Boston Red Sox games on NESN were streamed live in virtual reality in September, the pilot enabled fans to try watching games wearing Samsung Gear VR headsets with the ability to choose from different 180-degree camera perspectives. For one fan — and those who have heard his story — the ability to do […]
